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Amada Senior Care

Health & Wellness - Senior CareFranchising since 2012Website
Investment
$118K – $465K
66th pct Senior Care
Avg revenue
$1.6M
56th pct Senior Care
Royalty
5.0%
6th pct Senior Care
Units
203
77th pct Senior Care
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $118K – $465K including a $57K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $1.6M/year (median $1.2M).
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 44/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 64 loans (below the industry average).
  • System growing at 22.5% CAGR over 3 years with 203 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Amada Franchise, Inc.
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
901 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350, San Clemente, CA 92673
Auditor
Moss Adams LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$19.4M
vs $21.2M prior year

Yale framework · single-unit ROIC

Returns Analysis

Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.

The model · Yale framework

What would one Amada Senior Care unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $1,607,831
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $118K–$465K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $40K–$80K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

110%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$386K
EBITDA margin
24.0%
Total invested
$352K
Payback
11 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 Amada Senior Care units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

26.5%

3.24× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

3.11×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$14.1M

on $27.3M purchase

Total debt

$13.2M

SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note

SBA 7(a) request ($13.7M) exceeds the $5M program cap. Excess capped automatically; backfill via conventional or equity.

Overview

About

Amada Senior Care franchisees operate in-home senior care businesses, providing non-medical personal care, companionship, and support services to elderly clients. Franchisees recruit, hire, and manage caregiving staff while managing client billing, scheduling, and customer relationships in their protected territory. Daily operations involve client acquisition, staff scheduling and retention, quality oversight, and billing/collections.

CEO
Tafa Jefferson
Founded
2012
FDD year
2025
States available
41

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$118K – $465K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$40K – $80K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$57K
Royalty
5.0%
Percentage of Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
6.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$1.6M
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$1.2M
Item 19 type
Gross Billings
Sample size
142 units
vs category median 23 · large
Range (low → high)
$23K$9.9M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank56th
vs Health & Wellness - Senior Care peers
Investment cost rank66th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank6th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank77th
vs Health & Wellness - Senior Care peers
Risk score rank16th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
203
Opened
28
Last reporting year
Closed
1
Turnover rate
0.5%
Company-owned
6
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
97%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+11.4%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+22.5%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
196+26
Franchised units
2024
176
Franchised units
2025
160
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 25 states with active franchisees

The Territory Map

Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 25 states
Not registered

States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.

Government records

SBA Loan Data

Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.

Total loans
64
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

44
Risk · 0-100
STRONG44 / 100

Amada presents significant regulatory and litigation red flags with disclosure violations, franchisee fraud claims, and absent profitability data that obscure the true risk-adjusted returns on a six-figure investment.

Score breakdown · what drove the 44 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHMultiple litigation disclosures including FDD violations, fraud allegations, and territory encroachment disputes suggest systemic compliance and relationship issues
  2. 02MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed despite $1.6M average revenue — lack of transparency on actual franchisee profitability and net income
  3. 03MINORCalifornia consent orders for FDD violations indicate franchisor failed to provide accurate disclosures, raising questions about current disclosure accuracy
  4. 04MEDHigh royalty rate (5-6%) combined with undisclosed net income makes it impossible to validate ROI on $118K-$465K investment
  5. 05HIGH11.4% YoY growth is modest for a home care franchise; litigation and consent orders suggest growth may be masking underlying dysfunction
  6. 06HIGHMultiple fraud and misrepresentation claims by franchisees indicate potential business model or support issues affecting unit viability

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Zip Codes
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
8
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Location of Outlet

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
75 hrs
On-the-job training
33 hrs
POS system
Nurseloop / AxisCare
Operating tech stack

Item 20

Franchisee Contacts

Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.

Franchisee contacts

73 numbers

Locked
(706) 534-••••
GA
(219) 213-••••
IN
(720) 239-••••
CO

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Amada Senior Care · FDD (2025) PDF

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